Talking-machine.



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' To allwom it may concern:

1U.,lf'liifaD.Sfrimfns .PATENT orrrcn. if nox'racnsaircnnor NEW ronlc'nr." l

, Bei tknovm that I, MONTAGU SAMUEL, a

' subject of the King of Great "Britain, residing at ,N ew York, county and State of New York, have invented certain' new and useful Improve'mentsin Talking-Machines, of which the following is a speciiicati'on.

The object of thlsinvention is, toprovid improved means whereby the delicate mech' anlsm of sound production, particularly in -disk record 'mac in es, is rotectedand -in which this protection sha serve to deaden or destroy. the.sound produced by physical contact between the disk and stylus;

. A specific embodiment of my invention is shown m -the `accompanying drawings, m

Figure 1 shows a side-view of a'talking ma` i chine' rovided with my improved cover,`the

latter eing shown 'in'seetom Fig. 2 is a to View of the devlce when yremoved from .t e

talking machine, Fig. 3 is a bottomview E is' the disk, F the-stylus-carry'ing repro thereof, and Fig. 4 a rear-view from which the attachments adaptedto inclose the horn sfupport 'are omitted.

Referring to the drawin s, AA is the talking' machine body-con taining t e usualoperating mechanism to rotate the disk,

B is the fixed bracket supporting the swinging horri C-and also the swinging sound# c'onveyer D- ducer,- G is a substantially square box adapted to rt snuglyon top of the talking machine A,

- li'aving felt-contacts H. The toll) of this'box G is provided with a swingm g hinged at K and provided wit a locirinl de.

v'ce' J 'Phe rear of the box G is aprtured at L to allow for the full swing of the sound-con"- vyer D. Permanently attached to the rear the bottom-piece P is felt-lined and so shaped .as to snugly t the shape of the bracket B at this point. Screws R securely connect the parts P and O; An apertured top-pieces rabbeted .and felt-lined at the' point of contact closes the top 'of this rear-extension from the main box G. This toppiece 'S .is provided with an aperture T open at the frontend, and so shaped as to snugly fit around Specizlicatlon of Letters Patent. I

opening T."

ass-cover I,

box or cover G extends rearwardly vof 'the: talking machine to' a distance slio'htly beyond;

Patented Aug'. '4, 190811v v Appleman mea runes, 1907. scan mazzate.

the upper part of the bracket B. The mairif the furthest front-extensio`n of thebrackt B andthe boxG therefore is provigedftvith tle apte to-enclrc e felt-lined .circular cut U a( the remainder of that ortion ofthe bracket B whiehisnot encir'c ed by the face of the -In order to apply talking" machine 'cover to a. machine 'ofthe character illustrated; I first remove the parts 0, P andfS, constituting the rear-extension of.4 thf main' cover G. I thenplaee the cover G uphn the 70- talking machine, inserting the sound-conveyer through the rear-aperture L. I Athen slide the wall .angle4 O into the grooves N and insert the bottom-piece P therein and fasten the same .by means of the screws R.

The top-piece S'i then placed upon the, walls O and the device 'is in condition for practical 'and efficient Luse.

sound-producing parts of the machine. The

operation can be watched through-'the'l lass-' cover; by swinging this cover on the inge K, access is had` tothe record to Achange '1t when desired.v 'This cover can be' locked'8 5 The advantages .of my 'invention' I aref-v` first, the eflicient exclusion of dust from the 81 and the usal talking-machine parts' being feltflined, rattling iis preventedand dust as well as other foreign particles are more com- 9 0 pletely exc'l1 1c led. l

-In the drawings I' have shown my'- invention asap lied to a well known existing form cf talliing machine',` but I ldo riot wish Le be understood as claiming the invention only when applied to that form. By'making the'nece'ssary mechanical changes the main idea can be readily 'adapted to many other forms of talking machines...

' What I claim anddesire to secure byLet- 100 ters Patent is'z- 1. A talking machine provided with abody, a bracket projected therefore m a sound-box and sound-conveyer support,

'on said bracket, and a box' for 'inclos'lizgaJ-e 105 connected portions of the sound-conveyer 'and bracket, said box cmnprisin'g a bottom wall having an aperture for the' passage of the bracket, 'a top wall'having an a 'ture to fit the upper end of the bracket and side 11b walls disposed obliquely with referenda tothe body 1m le, m11 machine pmviied 'with a bodg, f a," Eme 'et projected; therefrom, 'a soundx and sound-convey@ supported by soket; a protective casing-set on 5 top of thee'body and nlosrxg'the `sound-box and part of the sound-conveyer, a, s upport secured to said'casing adjaoento the point'l '.Where the souxid-eonveyer asses through it, a box comprising s'de wa. s arranged ob- ,t0 Lquely with reference to the casing find having a'sdmg connection withsad sugport, and top and bottom walls vupertaned or the re-` ception of said bracket.

3. A talking machine provided rith a.-v

body,A 'esl brcket proe'cted "therefrom, a 15.

sound-"nox land sound-coveyer supported A .on said' bracket, and a box for nclosi'ng 'che connected portioe'- f the sound-,conveyer and bracket, said box be'ng apertred at the bot-tom for the passage of said bracket, and 2K0 -at 'the top for theegress 'of sound. 

